<p>I’m a sophomore living in California
I just have a few questions concerning classes for highschool and college and yeah </p>
<li><p>We just finished finals and my grades are going to be (for 1st semester)
Honors English- A
Alg2- B
AP Euro- B
French2- B
Biology- A
Tennis- A
They’re not great but will this really make an impact if I were planning on going to say, UCLA/USC/UCI? </p></li>
<li><p>I was put into geoscience my freshman year when I had the grades from 8th grade to be in biology. So now I am behind one year in science for sophomores (Chemistry). I was going to take chemistry over this summer so I am will be able to take AP Bio junior year, but my counselor said i would have to pay a few hundred dollars to take the class. Is it worth it? </p></li>
<li><p>Which is better? An ‘A’ in a regular course class or a B/C in an AP class?</p></li>
<li><p>What is the average score for the new SATs? What’s the average of the scores of someone to be accepted into UCLA/USC/UCI?</p></li>
<li><p>What’s the best UC school for pharmacy, medical stuff? </p></li>
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<p>I know it’s a lot to answer but if i COULD get an answer for these that would be awesome
thank you very much !</p>
<p>Yes it will make an impact for those three schools - much less for UCI and much less for USC if you managed an upgrade grade trend from now until the first semester of your senior year of high school. </p>
<p>Try hard in next semester and really hard in junior year. </p>
<p>How many AP sciences are available at your school and how many will you be able to take if you do not take chemistry over the summer? The chemistry is likely to be different than the one you take normally in high school and will probably be either an introductory course to the regular college chemistry sequence (assuming you are taking this at a community college) or an extreme lame chemistry course or perhaps an intro one to the organic chemistry series </p>
<p>An option is to self-study AP Biology with the Cliff's AP book which is considered to be a bible for AP Biology (you would need to talk to your GC near AP registration time to sign you up for the AP exam in May). </p>
<p>I suggest you evaluate your AP science possibilities in regards to what is available at your school to see if it really is worth several hundred dollars and a boring, dull summer. </p>
<p>It is better to get an A in a regular couse than a C in an AP course. </p>
<p>From the Princeton Review, the average scores for UCLA, USC, and UCI are rougly the following: </p>
<p>UCLA: ~1300
USC: ~1350
UCI: ~1200</p>
<p>Expect the average for the new SAT to be roughly in the mid-to-high 600's for UCLA and lower for UCI. The same for USC as to UCLA. (HONESTLY, if you purchase the USNEWSRANKINGS next summer, you will get an idea of what kind of scores the admitted class had and your curiousities will be quelled.) </p>
<p>If you're concerned with medical "stuff" add UOP to your list.</p>
<p>And yes, you ARE worrying too much!:mad:</p>
<p>Can't you take AP Bio senior year or frontload and take chem and bio next year if your school allows it?</p>
<p>I'd say a B in AP is better than A in regular but a C might be another story.</p>